Northrop Grumman Supports USAF Minuteman Missile Test LaunchHerndon, VA (SPX) Dec 27, 2012
Northrop Grumman recently supported the successful flight testing of the U.S. Air Force's Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) weapon system last month. The tests demonstrate and support assessment of the accuracy, availability and reliability of the weapon system.
This launch also marked the first test of a refurbished MK21 arming and fuzing assembly.
The operational test was designated "Glory Trip 206GM" and proceeded as planned with the missile traveling approximately 4 ... read more

Outside View: Going over the decency cliff The looming fiscal cliff has received almost as much publicity as the Mayan prediction of the end of the world. This column has warned that the nation also faces a strategic cliff that could pose even greater jeopardy than from the fiscal woes. But there is a third and possibly more precipitous cliff. ... more

Demos against PM block Iraq highway Fresh protests against Iraq's premier in mostly Sunni cities on Wednesday closed off the main road to Syria and Jordan, with one speaker raising the prospect of taking up arms against the government. ... more

China and emerging powers to pay more for UN China, Brazil, India and other emerging powers agreed to major increases in their United Nations payments as the global body hammered out a new budget deal this week to avoid its own fiscal cliff. ... more

Netanyahu targets Iran in re-election bid Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday put Iran at the top of on his re-election campaign, pledging that halting Tehran's nuclear programme would be his first priority as premier. ... more

Outside View: Story unchanged in N. Korea
"The Neverending Story" is a German fantasy novel about a parallel world being destroyed by a force known as "the Nothing" - an entity representative of people's lack of imagination in the real world. The successful launch Dec. 12 by North Korea of a long-range missile has become a "never-ending story" of its own - i.e., one of a failed U.S. foreign policy representative of a lack of imagination in dealing with Pyongyang in the real world. ... more

Russian weapons popular in the world in 2012
In 2012, Russia concluded contracts on selling weapons for the total sum of $ 15 bln. Russian weapons are still popular in the world, much to the envy of some Western weapon producers.
Today, ... more

Russia to fight for the Indian market
Russia is ready to fight for the Indian market at a time when competition has escalated, Russian Ambassador to New Delhi Alexander Kadakin said in an
interview with "Russia and India Business Repor ... more

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